Sentence examples for open the performance from inspiring English sources

But this older-than-his-years outsider figure was gently persuaded by the performing arts teachers to don his daily contact lenses to open the performance with "Another Op'nin'" from Kiss Me Kate.

Mr. Ma and Mr. Arron open the performance with a Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Cellos (RV 531), as a kind of curtain-raiser to Mr. Ma's performance of the sumptuous Elgar Cello Concerto.

When I got there, to find a crowd of nearly 100 people gathered for the invocation that would open the performance, I was one of the only white attendees.

Tonight, the pianist André-Michel Schub, the violinists Ani Kavafian and Kerry McDermott, the violist Paul Neubauer and the cellist Ronald Thomas offer a program with a strong American accent: Bernstein's "Touches" and Copland's "Cat and Mouse," "Hoe Down" and Nocturne open the performance, with Mozart's E minor Violin Sonata (K. 304) and the Brahms C minor Piano Quartet (Op. 60) rounding it out.

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He opened the performance with a brief, freewheeling solo statement that combined a Gallic suavity with Mr. Coleman's bluesy slurs and chortling cascades.

A brief martial dumbshow of the Yorkists defeating the Lancastrians at Tewkesbury (the closing battle of 3 Henry VI) opened the performance, followed by the extra-textual spectacle of Edward IV being enthroned.

She opened the performance dressed as Ziggy Stardust, complete with newly dyed red hair, singing "Space Oddity" before breaking into "Changes", Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City, Rebel Rebel, Fashion, Fame, Let's Dance and Heroes.

Rihanna opened the performance singing an acappella version of "Love The Way You Lie (Part II)".

But then, the 17-year-old is opening the performance in a Speedo.

Rihanna opened the performance singing an a cappella version of "Love The Way You Lie Part II".